Sandman Vol 2 57

"The Kindly Ones: 1": The Kindly Ones are drinking tea while talking about their duties, they read a fortune cookie that says that the oldest battle begins once more.

"The Kindly Ones: 1"
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Sandman Vol 2 #57
February, 1994
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Karen Berger
Cover Artists	Dave McKean
The Kindly Ones: 1
Writers	Neil Gaiman
Pencilers	Marc Hempel
Inkers	Marc Hempel
Colorists	Daniel Vozzo
Letterers	Todd Klein
Editors	Shelly Bond
Previous Issue	Sandman Vol 2 # 56
Next Issue	Sandman Vol 2 # 58

If anyone hurt Daniel, I'd kill them.

— Lyta Hall

Sandman (Volume 2) #57 is an issue of the series Sandman (Volume 2) with a cover date of February, 1994.

Synopsis for "The Kindly Ones: 1"

The Kindly Ones are drinking tea while talking about their duties, they read a fortune cookie that says that the oldest battle begins once more.

Lyta Hall and Carla go to buy ice cream with Daniel Hall; once they arrive they talk about Lyta´s job offer. In the Dreaming, Matthew looks for Dream and encounters the three guards at the door, Mervyn, Nuala and Lucien. Dream is creating the Corinthian again. Matthew asks him, as he asked those he met on the way, what happens to the crows after they stop being crows. Dream doesn´t tell him the answer and sends him to Eve´s cave.

In the Lux, Lyta talks with Eric about the job oferr, and about Lyta´s past. In the meantime, Lucifer plays the piano and Mazikeen is a waitress. After a while, Lyta feels that something is wrong with Daniel; they go to her house and Lyta enters and realizes that Daniel has gone missing.

Appearing in "The Kindly Ones: 1"

Featured Characters:

• Daniel Hall
• Dream (Morpheus)
• Lyta Hall-Trevor

Supporting Characters:

• Carla
• Eve
• Lucien
• Matthew the Raven
• Mervyn Pumpkinhead
• Nuala

Antagonists:

• Loki (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
• Puck (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)

Other Characters:

• The Corinthian (Appears only as a corpse)
• Admiral Derek Trevor (In picture only) (Cameo)
• Eric Needham
• Fury (Helena Kosmatos) (In picture only) (Cameo)
• The Guardians of the Gate
  • The Gryphon
  • "The Hippogriff"
  • The Wyvern
• "Harmless Crazy" (First appearance; unnamed)
• Harvey Ramsey (Single appearance)
• Joan Dale-Trevor (In picture only) (Cameo)
• The Kindly Ones
  • Cynthia
  • Mildred
  • Morgan
• Lucifer Morningstar
• Mazikeen
• Vonda Ramsey (First appearance)
• Aristeas of Marmora (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Carla's nephew (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Death (Mentioned only)
• Delirium (Mentioned only)
• Hector Hall (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Hippogriffs (Mentioned only)
• Jordan (Carla's brother) (Mentioned only)
• Orpheus (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• The Dreaming
  • Eve's Cave
  • Ghost Castle
    • The Great Hall (Cameo)
      • Throne of the Dreaming (Cameo)
    • Library of Dreams
• Waking World
  • United States of America
    • California
      • Los Angeles
        • 57 Flavors (First appearance)
        • Lux (First appearance)
        • Lyta Trevor's Apartment
    • Virginia (Mentioned only)
  • England
    • Birmingham (Mentioned only)
  • Tanganyika (Mentioned only)
• The Three Witches' Realm (Unnamed)

Items:

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Concepts:

• Magic
  

Notes

• This story takes place after the events of Witchcraft (Volume 1).
• This issue is reprinted in:
  • Sandman: The Kindly Ones
  • The Absolute Sandman Vol. 4
  • The Sandman: Deluxe Edition, Book Four
  • The Sandman, Book Four

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Sandman series